Question

Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs. They say that in a film or on TV .We may see elephants, or monkeys, dogs, bears, or other animals doing a lot of things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given something to eat in return(作为回报) for doing them. The scientists say that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return.

Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephants can be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animals to work in factories. Apes(猿猴), for example, have been used in America to help make cars and scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops(收割庄稼) and even drive trains.

1.Elephants can be used to do some heavy jobs because ____.

A. they can eat a lot    B. they are very heavy    C. they are very strong

2.____ can be trained to work for us.

A. Only a few animals    B. A lot of animals    C. Few animals

3.Many scientists are working hard to ____.

A. make monkeys get in crops and drive trains

B. make monkeys guard houses like dogs

C. make bears get in crops

4.Many different animals may be taught to do some simple jobs if ____.

A. they have enough food to eat

B. they are sent to school

C. they learn they will get something to eat in return after doing them

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】动物可以帮助我们做事情吗？答案是肯定的，例如狗可以看家，大象可以做一些重活等等。科学家们认为经过训练很多动物都可以帮助我们做一些简单的工作。

1.推理判断题。根据常识可知，大象是非常强壮的，他们可以帮助我们去做一些重活。故应选C。A和B都不是原因。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中The scientists say that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return.可知，很多动物都可以经过训练来帮助我们去做一些简单的工作。原文中的many和选项B中的a lot of是同义的，表示数量多，故应选B。

3.细节理解题。根据短文的最后Apes(猿猴), for example, have been used in America to help make cars and scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops(收割庄稼) and even drive trains.可知，猿猴在美国已经可以用来去帮助制造汽车了，而且科学家们还相信这些猴子也许有一天还可以收割庄稼，甚至开火车。由此可知应选A。

4.细节理解题。根据短文中The scientists say that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return.可知，如果动物知道他们做了一些工作之后会得到一些食物作为回报，那么很多不同的动物都可以经过训练来帮助人们做很多简单的工作。由此可知应选C。

点睛：这篇短文介绍的是科学家们训练一些动物来帮助我们做一些简单的工作。短文内容比较容易理解，篇幅短，中心突出，有例子来进行解释，这些都对我们把握文意是有帮助的。后面的题目设置以细节理解题为主，这些题目的答案都可以在原文找到依据。例如第2小题，可以经过训练来帮助我们做工作的动物到底是很多、只有一些还是几乎没有呢，我们在短文中可以找到The scientists say that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return.这句话，它告诉我们很多动物都是可以的，这里的many和a lot of是同义的，所以选B。